Merry Christmas - Countdown to 2023 Season

 

Eleven more days until the Official 2023 Tennis Season begins with the inaugural, combined ATP/WTA 500 United Cup in Australia on December 29, 2022. And it's only one month until the first Major of 2023 - the Australian Open!

It's been a wild ride in 2022 and we think we've documented the highs and lows of the 2022 season for 52 weeks this year. 

I would like to thank my partners in this - Trinigirl and Hartt in keeping MCM alive and kickin' for the past year.  Week in and week out we documented - without fear or favor or compensation (well perhaps a little favor) - the many high crimes and misdemeanors throughout the year with our collective blood, sweat and tears. We hope you appreciate and enjoy our efforts to keep our small MCM family blog alive🙏

God willing, we hope to keep us all going for another year! In the meantime, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone here and your families and thank you all for your participation.  In the meantime, enjoy some Holiday Greetings from around the World and a couple of my favorite Christmas music videos👇🎄🎅

Waiting for 2023: 2 1/2 Weeks Until the United Cup 2023

It has seemed like a long 2022 Off Season, however one of MCM's diehard tennis fans has been following the Challengers closely for us and we thank Peter F for his recaps for the last two weeks!  

In two and a half weeks the 2023 Season will begin with the inaugural United Cup, which is an ATP-WTA event presented in partnership with Tennis Australia and offers USD $15 million in prize money as well as up to 500 Pepperstone ATP and 500 WTA rankings points. The Cup will be held in three cities in Australia - Brisbane, Perth and Sydney - beginning December 29 through January 8, 2023.

While we wait, this week our Star Researcher and Contributor Shirley Hartt treats us to a summary of a select few of the young WTA standouts and their journeys in 2022  - Iga Swiatek, Cori Gauff, Amanda Anisimova, Zheng Qinwen and Leylah Fernandez.  So let's see how these young ladies got here, fared in 2022 and what may be in store for them in 2023👇

A 2021 Recap...

Hello MCMers - we asked our researcher extraordinaire, Hartt and two of our Moderators, JoJoDiplomat and Trinigirl to share their thoughts on the past year. Interspersed with the pictures of the 2021 slam winners are Hartt's, Trinigirl's and JoJo's thoughts on the fast waning 2021. Who or what impressed them? Who made an impact - good or bad - hopefully good.

Note:  This thread should take us through until end of December. 

2020 Off Season

 2020 Season Recap

Gonna post all the winners for the big stuff (GS, YEC, ATP Masters 1000, WTA PM, P5). Chronologically, mixing the lads and the gals. But first, the main protagonist of this guano-type year:

Ain't I pretty?

With that out of the way, let's go!

2019 Off Season

Season Recap

Here we go, the year is done, so I thought I'll post the winners of the most important tournaments (GS, YEC, M1000, PM, P5, DC and FC). I'm gonna go chronologically, mixing the ladies with the gents.

January

AO

Naomi Osaka - She must be very happy, right?